umbel
um·bel
noun
1.
flat-topped or rounded inflorescence characteristic of the family Umbelliferae in which the individual flower stalks arise from about the same point; youngest flowers are at the center
Origin
Borrowed from Latin umbella (“umbrella”). Compare umbrella, composed of the same etymological elements but formed independently.
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